The sound of a 1950s Strat but with a little bit more attitude.

The Fender Fat '50s Strat Pickups give you calibrated pickups constructed with hand-beveled, staggered Alnico V magnets and Formvar magnet wire.  The Fender Fat' 50s Strat Pickups deliver enhanced bass response without the harsh midrange. The middle pickup is reverse wound/reverse polarity for hum canceling in positions 2 and 4. OEM on Custom Shop Fender Showmaster series Stratocaster guitars.

Each of the Custom Shop Fat '50s pickups are wound differently and are color coded on the back side on one of the pole pieces to indicate which pickup is designated for which position. Red pole piece indicates bridge position. Blue pole piece indicates neck position. Silver indicates middle position (just the color of the pole piece).

NOTE: As of late 2011 Fender began selling all of their pickups individually. And since our primary individual Fender pickup sold is the Fat 50 neck pickup we have found on occasion that this newly introduced individually packaged neck pickup does not have the blue position indicator on the pole piece. We can only assume why they are not color coded is because they are packaged individually and the packaging states which position they are intended to be installed in.

• Hand-beveled, staggered Alnico V magnets.
• Formvar magnet wire.
• Middle pickup is reverse-wound/reverse polarity for hum cancelling in positions 2 and 4 on the 5-ways switch.
• Sold individually only on this page.
• Two Phillips oval head mounting screws.
• Two rubber surgical tubing height adjustment pieces.
• Brand new.